Weather Records on 15 May 1928

144 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 May 1928. Highest significance: Woodville 4 ESE, US.

Key Facts for 15 May 1928

On 15 May 1928, 144 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
24 were record highs and 56 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 140 daily.
Woodville 4 ESE set an all-time record daily precipitation of 262.9 mm (10.4 in) on 15 May 1928.
Across 162 earlier years (1820 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 432 records.

Record Map

144 stations

144 station records on 15 May 1928 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 May 1928: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Woodville 4 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	262.9 mm (10.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Bay Saint Louis	United States	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
York	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cheneyville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Cool Junction	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
New Orleans Carrollton	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Paul	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	21.3 C (70.3 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Worcester	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oudenbosch	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Scheveningen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wauneta	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Melville	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Magnolia	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	12.3 C (54.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Monroe #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Plain Dealing	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Port Augusta (Yarley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Pratt 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Waukomis	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Altentreptow	Germany	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Coteau	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Cochituate	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Belvidere	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Olympia Priest Pt Park	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Mena	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
La Harpe	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Covington 8 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Canton 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
New Orleans Audubon	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Charles Chenault	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Beetaloo Reservoir Old Site	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Ashton 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	7.4 C (45.3 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Atchison	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
New London	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Willow City	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Martinsburg E W Virginia Rgnl	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Deal Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Doberlug-Kirchhain	Germany	Record daily precipitation	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Holbrook	United States	Record daily precipitation	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Las Animas	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Waterbury	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Robeline	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Darlington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Turners Falls	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Hebron	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

144 records

Records set or tied on 15 May 1928 by type: Highest daily maximum 4, Lowest daily maximum 12, Highest daily minimum 20, Lowest daily minimum 44, Heaviest daily rainfall 64.

Records on 15 May 1928 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	4
Lowest daily maximum	12
Highest daily minimum	20
Lowest daily minimum	44
Heaviest daily rainfall	64
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 15 May 1928 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 3, daily 140.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

117 broken records

Margins by which the 117 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 83.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 May 1928

Top 20 records on 15 May 1928 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 May 1928	Woodville 4 ESE, US	all-time rain	262.9 mm (10.4 in)	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	7 years	65 of 100 (Major)
15 May 1928	Bay Saint Louis, US	daily rain	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	23 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 1928	York, US	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 1928	Cheneyville 1 NE, US	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	23 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
15 May 1928	Alexandria, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	21 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
15 May 1928	Mc Cool Junction, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	29 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
15 May 1928	Ft Bidwell, US	daily low min	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	45 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
15 May 1928	Hvar, HR	daily low min	10.2 C (50.4 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	48 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
15 May 1928	New Orleans Carrollton, US	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	23 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
15 May 1928	Lexington, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
15 May 1928	Saint Paul, US	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
15 May 1928	Mackay Post Office, AU	daily low max	21.3 C (70.3 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	24 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
15 May 1928	Worcester, US	daily low min	0.6 C (33.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	33 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
15 May 1928	Mc Minnville, US	monthly high min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	24 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
15 May 1928	Independence, US	monthly rain	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	14 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
15 May 1928	Oudenbosch, NL	daily rain	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	29 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
15 May 1928	Scheveningen, NL	daily rain	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	2.2 mm (0.09 in)	49 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
15 May 1928	Heinersreuth-Vollhof, DE	daily rain	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	3.5 mm (0.14 in)	36 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
15 May 1928	Wauneta, US	daily rain	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	26 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
15 May 1928	Melville, US	monthly rain	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	19 years	20 of 100 (Routine)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1820 to 1928

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1820 to 1928. 1928 had 144 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 05-15 in each year
Year	Records
1820	1
1825	1
1831	1
1832	1
1837	2
1845	1
1847	2
1848	1
1855	2
1857	2
1859	1
1862	1
1863	1
1865	1
1866	2
1867	1
1868	2
1870	1
1871	3
1874	2
1876	4
1878	1
1879	2
1881	1
1883	1
1885	1
1886	2
1888	3
1891	3
1893	5
1894	2
1895	4
1896	2
1897	4
1898	3
1899	9
1900	9
1901	2
1902	9
1903	4
1904	13
1905	16
1906	10
1907	27
1908	25
1909	89
1910	27
1911	27
1912	26
1913	60
1914	16
1915	236
1916	27
1917	80
1918	133
1919	25
1920	58
1921	92
1922	30
1923	125
1924	174
1925	100
1926	161
1927	191
1928	144
1929	161
1930	136
1931	459
1932	368
1933	439
1934	227
1935	288
1936	372
1937	373
1938	393
1939	351
1940	179
1941	454
1942	701
1943	568
1944	630
1945	588
1946	238
1947	334
1948	264
1949	363
1950	260
1951	736
1952	476
1953	426
1954	355
1955	538
1956	466
1957	521
1958	605
1959	764
1960	291
1961	508
1962	1,128
1963	782
1964	347
1965	320
1966	389
1967	609
1968	1,019
1969	790
1970	512
1971	351
1972	484
1973	818
1974	1,230
1975	372
1976	803
1977	1,186
1978	922
1979	404
1980	625
1981	586
1982	500
1983	1,215
1984	1,059
1985	649
1986	679
1987	1,073
1988	643
1989	552
1990	776
1991	1,179
1992	944
1993	784
1994	910
1995	1,750
1996	1,452
1997	1,175
1998	1,641
1999	810
2000	850
2001	1,280
2002	801
2003	1,023
2004	1,046
2005	767
2006	955
2007	949
2008	995
2009	675
2010	1,088
2011	1,298
2012	751
2013	1,081
2014	1,411
2015	717
2016	890
2017	435
2018	1,074
2019	627
2020	472
2021	412
2022	847
2023	566
2024	596
2025	801
2026	481

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Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	105
20 to 40	7
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	2